July 18th to September 7th, 2008
Kiugwe Le grand rendez-vous
www.kiugwe.com
Drawing freely from First Nations myths and legends, Kiugwe, le grand rendez-vous is also of a piece with QuebecÕs tradition of outdoor blockbuster shows

June 3rd to Septembre 28th 2008
Espace 400e, the official site of the 2008 festivities!
Bassin Louise in Quebec City's Old Port.



A real whirlwind of shows, entertainment, and free activities for the whole family will be on offer every day as artists, singers, musicians, dancers, acrobats, historians, and conference speakers light up Grande Place, the wharves, the Ephemeral Gardens, Petite Place, and all around the pavilion for 17 uninterrupted weeks.
 
LE PAVILLON DU 400e
This brand-new building will showcase the PASSAGERS/PASSENGERS exhibition, designed and produced by Patrice Sauvé. An interactive virtual tour of people's comings and goings, the exhibition is touching and accessible to all. The exhibition - the site's only paid activity - will run until October 19th.
 
LA GRANDE PLACE
Grande Place will welcome a procession of musicians, comedians, and singers all summer long, including Émilie-Claire Barlow, Ima, Marco Calliari, José Gonzalez, We are Wolves, Tokyo Police Club, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Les Zappartistes, Maurane, Thomas Dutronc, Daran, Roland Martel Orchestra, Bob Walsh, Jamil, Yves Lambert and the Bébert Orchestra, and many more!
Artists from America, Sweden, France, Belgium, Indonesia, and Egypt will all be performing at Espace 400e this summer. Every Monday, Dynamite Cabaret will bring together all kinds of artists to wow crowds-with a dash of humor thrown in.

On Stage - La Grande place
 
Monday to Saturday at 20 h
On Monday at 20h : le Cabaret Dynamique
Every Sunday at 15 h : A Family Show

June 21st, 2008 Jérôme Minière June 25th, 2008 Jose Gonzalez July 9th, 2008 Tokyo Police Club July 10th, 2008 Maurane, Zoé et Philippe Lafontaine July 18th, 2008 Michel Faubert July 20th 2008 L'orchestre de Roland Martel July 23rd 2008 Daran July 31st, 2008 Jamie Lidell

August 2nd, 2008 Yelle August 3rd 2008 Thomas Dutronc September 12th,2008 Bob Walsh en grande formation et invitée spéciale Kim Richardson September 19th, 2008 Jamil September 20th, 2008 Yves Lambert et le Bébert Orchestra

LES GRANDES RENCONTRES
Grande Place will also be the venue for the Meetings That Matter series. The meetings will be held throughout the summer, taking the form of conferences, master classes, and round tables. Conference speakers of all stripes will include Jean Provencher, Jean Soulard, Marie Laberge, Réjean Lemoine, and Denis Vaugeois. Master classes and round tables will also be held by equally talented speakers on a host of different themes.

LES PREMIÈRES NATIONS (The First Nations)
A modern program of Amerindian, Métis, and Inuit creations and activities. A series of fascinating encounters awaits this summer.

LES QUAIS (WHARVES)
Street arts on the wharves!
Young and old will marvel at original and fun numbers by the likes of Théâtre de l'Aubergine, La Tête de Pioche, Poupées (K)rinkées, Artefacts et artifices, Toxique Trottoir, and many more. Laughs and craziness guaranteed!

LES JARDINS ÉPHÉMÈRES
THE EPHEMERAL GARDENS. Eleven gardens created by eleven different artists from Canada, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom will intrigue and appeal to visitors between the Old Port Market and Espace 400e
And kids games and workshops led by Boîte à science and Rêves en stock will explore science, sports, and Quebec City's history.

June 5 to October 26, 2008
Le Louvre à Québec
www.mnba.qc.ca
Through this unprecedented collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, which has agreed to a loan of exceptional scope, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec will present masterworks from the Musée du Louvre's eight departments: Egyptian Antiquity, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquity, Oriental Antiquity, Islamic Art, Art objects, Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Arts. Visitors will have the privilege of admiring this outstanding selection under four main themes: "Loving and Dying", "Learning and Working", "Inhabiting and Embellishing", "Celebrating and Entertaining".
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Plains of Abraham

September 11th to 13rd, 2008
Festival Envol et Macadam
www.envoletmacadam.com
Four days of indoor and outdoor performances featuring new musical trends and emerging and alternative types of music. This festival is where professional artists and the next generation meet, serving as a showcase and springboard for the latter.

Friday September 26th to Sunday 28th, 2008
Les Journées de la Culture
www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca
The arts and culture milieu are preparing Three Big Days for you! Come and take advantage of the many free activities to see what goes on behind an exhibition's walls, meet writers, discover the work of a glass-artist or a painter, visit an archeological site, tickle a violin, play with puppets, learn about genealogy... All this and more during only three, awesome days!

Québec - www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca

October 1st to 31st, 2008
Halloween - Plains of Abraham
www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca
Day or night, until Halloween, you can admire free of charge the mysterious decor that tells strange tales connected with the park: the ghosts behind bars, Joan of Arc's voices, the white lady of Cap Diamant, La Corriveau, the Sabbath...
Mystery dinner at the Martello Tower. Lantern Tour Of The Park. Family Day. Guided Family Tour "to get a little scared".

October 23 - November 2nd, 2008
Quebec Festival of Sacred Music
www.festivalmusiquesacree.ca
The mission of the Quebec Festival of Sacred Music is to help bring sacred music to as large a public as possible, without any religious or linguistic barriers or restrictions on styles.
From gospel to Gregorian chants, from Corsican polyphonies to early music, the Festival offers musical forms inspired by spirituality, from here and elsewhere, from times gone by to today, performed by internationally renowned artists. Through their art, they express all the soothing and stirring powers of sacred music.